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Caldwell 102
Caldwell 102 Southern Pleiades
Credit: NASA, ESA

C102 - Southern Pleiades

Caldwell 102 (NGC IC 2602) also known as the Southern Pleiades is a open cluster located within the constellation Carina.

C102 is best viewed during Spring, is magnitude 1.9*, and can be viewed with naked eye. It is 50' in size. For reference, the full moon is 30' (arc minutes) in size.

      1. Name:
      2. Southern Pleiades
      1. Type:
      2. open cluster
      1. NGC:
      2. IC 2602
      1. Magnitude:
      2. 1.9
      1. Viewing:
      2. naked eye
      1. Size:
      2. 50'
      1. RA:
      2. 10 43.2
      1. Dec:
      2. -64 24'
      1. Season:
      2. Spring


    * The naked eye can see up to magnitude 8 objects under ideal dark sky conditions.